Thursday, January 21st
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 3 in C major; Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), live, Austria (Salzburg), 2007
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lagniappe
a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: January, 2021
2021
Wednesday, January 20th
timeless
Bud Powell (1924-1966, piano) with Curly (aka Curley) Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums), “Un Poco Loco” (B. Powell), 1951
In the late 1980s, the renowned literary and cultural critic Harold Bloom included “Un Poco Loco” in his list of the most “sublime” works of twentieth-century American art (from his introduction to Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow).
—Wikipedia
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, January 19th
sounds of New York
Suffering from an excess of joy?
If so, you might want to pass on this.
Emmet Cohen Trio (EC, piano; Russell Hall, bass; Kyle Poole, drums) with guests Joe Farnsworth (drums), Julius Rodriguez (piano), Mathis Picard (piano), live (tribute to pianist Cedar Walton [1934-2013]), New York, last night
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, January 18th
sounds of Chicago
Larry Gray (bass), live (improvisations), Chicago, 2020
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
2021
Sunday, January 17th
sounds of Chicago
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, “I Won’t Let Go” (D. Coates), live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase, 1963-1984]), Chicago
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, January 16th
sounds of New York
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2021
Friday, January 15th
only rock ‘n’ roll
METZ, live (“Blind Youth Industrial Park,” “No Ceiling,” “Hail Taxi,” “Framed By The Comet’s Tail,” “A Boat To Drown In”), Toronto, 12/14/20
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lagniappe
yesterday, Chicago
2021
Thursday, January 14th
never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 31; Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997, piano), live, Moscow, 1991
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Wednesday, January 13th
timeless
Sleepy John Estes (1899 or 1900–1977; vocals, guitar), with Hammie Nixon (harmonica) and Charlie Pickett or Son Bond (guitar), “Floating Bridge” (J. Estes), 1937
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
2021
Tuesday, January 12th
sounds of New York
Tony Malaby’s Tubacello quartet (TM, tenor saxophone; Bob Stewart, tuba; Christopher Hoffman, cello; John Hollenbeck, drums), live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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